Detroit Red (apple)

'Detroit Red'
'Detroit Red'
Genus	Malus
Species	M. domestica
Cultivar	'Detroit Red'

'Detroit Red' is a variable apple cultivar, possibly the same as 'Detroit Black', that gives fruit of mediocre quality, somewhat unreliably or biennially. It was grown at Monticello by Thomas Jefferson.

References

↑ Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M. (1905), "Detroit Red", The apples of New York, vol. 2, Albany: J. B. Lyon, pp. 46–48
↑ Hatch, Peter J. (1998). The Fruits and Fruit Trees of Monticello. United States: University of Virginia. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-8139-1746-8.

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[1] Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M. (1905), "Detroit Red", The apples of New York, vol. 2, Albany: J. B. Lyon, pp. 46–48

[Hatch-2] Hatch, Peter J. (1998). The Fruits and Fruit Trees of Monticello. United States: University of Virginia. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-8139-1746-8.

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